ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,791, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Suspension control system" was invented by Hiroki Furuta (Susono, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first acquisition unit acquires a road surface displacement-associated value related to up-down direction displacement of a road surface forward of a vehicle. A second acquisition unit acquires a state related to up-down direction displacement of a sprung structure or an unsprung structure of the vehicle. A deriving unit derives, in time series data of the road surface displacement-associated value or the state that is acquired, a ratio between a magnitu...